เขย่าขวัญ(kà-yào kwăn)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

horrifying; terrifying

describing something that causes extreme fear or horror, often used for the thriller or horror genre.

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ดูหนังdoo nǎngดูหนังdoo nǎng[to] watch a movieเขย่าขวัญkà-yào kwănเขย่าขวัญkà-yào kwăn1[to] horrify; [to] terrify2horrifying; terrifyingเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)น่ากลัวnâa gluuaน่ากลัวnâa gluua1scary; frightening2awfully; terribly; extremelyมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
Last night I watched a horror movie. It was very scary.
2VerbB2

[to] horrify; [to] terrify

to cause someone to feel extreme fear, horror, or shock.

Examples

เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneระเบิดrà-bèrtระเบิดrà-bèrt1[to] erupt; [to] flare up2explosive (adj.)3[to] explode; [to] detonate4[to] burst; [to] shatter5bomb; explosiveตอนกลางdton glaangตอนกลางdton glaang1middle; central part2mid-; central3in the middleดึกdèukดึกdèuk1late at night; late2late at nightเขย่าขวัญkà-yào kwănเขย่าขวัญkà-yào kwăn1[to] horrify; [to] terrify2horrifying; terrifyingชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asชุมชนchum-chonชุมชนchum-chon1community2community (online/interest-based)
The sound of the explosion in the middle of the night terrified the residents of the entire community.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เขย่าkà-yàoเขย่าkà-yào1[to] shake [sth]2[to] shake up; unsettle3[to] shake (a drink)Part 1
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ขวัญkwănขวัญkwăn1spirit; vital essence2morale; courage3gift; souvenir (token of goodwill)4fright; shock (set phrase)5hair whorl; cowlickPart 2
เขย่าขวัญkà-yào kwănเขย่าขวัญkà-yào kwănhorrifying; terrifying